Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Enchants & Gems for Elemental Shamans in Cataclysm
All sections for Elemental Shaman PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal race, talents, glyphs, gear, professions and macros. This will help you have a good understanding on Elemental Shaman in PvP for Cataclysm, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will show you the best PvP enchants and gems that you can use as an Elemental Shaman in Cataclysm Season 9.
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Table of Contents
Best Elemental Shaman Enchants
Helmet: Arcanum of Vicious Intellect
Shoulders: Greater Inscription of Vicious Intellect
Cloak: Lightweave Embroidery
Chest: Peerless Stats / Mighty Resilience
Bracers: Mighty Intellect
Gloves: Haste
Belt: Ebonsteel Belt Buckle
Legs: Powerful Enchanted Spellthread
Boots: Haste
Main-hand Weapon: Power Torrent
Off-hand Weapon: Superior Intellect
Your helmet and shoulders enchants will be purchasable through PvP content using honor. Choosing Tailoring as your profession will allow you to craft the enchant, Lightweave Embroidery, for an occasional boost to your Spell Power. Any additional enchants can be purchased on the Auction House. Although Ebonsteel Belt Buckle is not technically an enchant, it give you one extra gem slot for minmaxxing secondary stats.
Your flexible options for enchants are between Peerless Stats and Mighty Resilience to put on your Chest. If you need more survivability and find yourself struggling to reach your Resilience requirement, use Mighty Resilience. Otherwise, use Peerless Stats.
Best Elemental Shaman Gems
Meta Gems: Burning Shadowspirit Diamond
Red Gems: Willful Ember Topaz
Blue Gems: Purified Demonseye
Yellow Gems: Mystic Amberjewel
There is one gem chosen for all gem slots. Make sure to socket these gems on your character’s gear to get the highest optimization before entering PvP combat.
- Meta gem slots will use Burning Shadowspirit Diamond for some Intellect and bonus Critical Strike damage.
- Red gem slots will use Willful Ember Topaz, as this allows us to maximize how much Intellect and Resilience we have tied to our character.
- Blue gem slots will use Purified Demonseye, as this will help optimize our Intellect amount, while assisting us with reaching our Hit Cap. We use Spirit due to Elemental Shaman’s talent, Elemental Precision, which converts all Spirit to Hit Rating, and helps sustain our mana in combat.
- Yellow gems will use Mystic Amberjewel to optimize our tankiness in PvP combat. This is important to reach at least 3000 Resilience in order to gain a fair amount of damage reduction. Maximizing this stat will keep you alive longer in all matchups.